This is what the new research argues, but fundamentally it is earthquakes that push mountains higher. When the megathrust ...

According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ...

Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt ...

This sudden change can kick-start rapid erosion, which in turn triggers mountain uplift through isostatic rebound.” The findings address two anomalies in the Himalayas: the unusual heights of ...

Rising a couple of millimetres per year on average, Mt Everest is having a growth spurt. A new study suggests that a "pirated ...

The 50-million-year-old Himalayan mountain in East Asia, currently topping off at 29,032 feet, has grown by between 49 and 164 feet in the past 89,000 years, according to researchers from the ...

For professional climbers and commercial mountaineering companies, April and May are the optimal months to reach the "top of ...

Also known as Guru Rinpoche – precious guru – this Indian scholar is said to have brought tantric Buddhism to the region tucked between the Karakoram and Himalaya mountains.

The frozen zone inside mountains can reach depths of hundreds of metres. It is not just the ice on peaks in the European Alps or the Himalaya that is frozen throughout the year ... events that ...